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Powell Butte-based 1017 Project tops 200 tons of beef donations to food banks, community kitchens ktvz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Ten Seventeen Project surpassed the 200-ton donation mark in 2022, with 266,714 pounds of fresh ground beef going to food banks during 2021 and 2022. The 501c3 non-profit based out of Powell Butte, Oregon, now supplies fresh USDA ground beef to food insecure people in multiple states and its unique business model is proving to be sustainable while overcoming typical supply chain challenges. When it became clear that COVID-19 was going to affect food-insecure families well beyond the pandemic, The 1017 Project immediately increased its beef donations to food banks, shelters, and religious organizations by 166%. In addition, the Project expanded its efforts to Texas, Arizona, and Montana, and is partnering with additional USDA-certified processors in California and Fort Worth, Texas. According to the USDA, more than 38 million people, including 12 million children, in the United States are food insecure. Recovery from the pandemic's economic disruption is expected to take three ....